Lake Drive, Laurel, Delaware
My friend Julia over at Hooked on Houses has a thing for what she calls Father of the Bride houses. I do too. I think a lot of us are hooked on the classic look of a symmetrical two-story white house with black shutters. If it looks slightly well-loved and old-fashioned (this one was built in 1943-- the book Father of the Bride was published in 1949) and has twin trees forming a canopy in the front yard, all the better.
This is the sweet dining room, next to the foyer. It's a little more casual in here because the homeowners put their larger, more formal table in the sunroom. You can catch a glimpse of it behind the kitchen. Here's a better view:
That view in the distance is of Records Pond. I'll show you a better picture of it later.
This dining area is very pretty. Why do I want to redo it? Because I found this picture:
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Once I found that picture, I knew I could turn this:
Into something like this:
We have all that space and light; let's use it. Make this room more of a destination.
To make it airier, I tried "re-painting"the walls in both Glidden Minimalist White and Marshmallow White. However, every time I painted the ceiling, Glidden decided that the white walls were gray. But then I put it all together and realized, "I'm not mad at that."
And now, Records Pond:
"Records Pond (also called Laurel Lake by locals) offers a variety of gamefish species and fishing situations from deep areas with rip-rapped banks in the lower end of the pond, to the quiet, over-grown streams of the headwater tributaries." {source}
If you're as intrigued as I am, the listing is here.